Mother and her nine-month-old baby die in Blackheath fire
By Nomalanga Tshuma
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Cape Town - A young mother and her nine-month-old baby died in a fire that gutted their home in Wimbledon, Blackheath in the early hours of Monday morning.
Amanda Booysen, 29, and her daughter, Skyler Booysen, sustained fatal burn wounds, according to a police report.
Their bodies were discovered among the ashes and rubble after the City’s fire and rescue services extinguished the blaze.
Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said an emergency call about an informal structure alight in Omo Court, Wimbledon, had been recorded shortly after midnight.